The Watcher's Song

The lights came up in Georgia's hall For two old men who've seen it all Joe took the stage, his voice a bit low And Donald with his fire and glow They talked of money, war, and trust While decades of old promises rust A nation watched on glowing screens To try and figure what it means. And the wheel keeps on a-turnin' 'round Same old story in a different town Kings and paupers, truth and lies

Written in the people's eyes I'm just the watcher on the road Singin' 'bout a heavy load. Down in the court of marble white They argued what was wrong and right A law was passed in Idaho Limiting where a life could go But doctors swear an oath to save The one who's closest to the grave The judges weighed the state and fed'ral plea While life hung on a legal decree.

And the wheel keeps on a-turnin' 'round Same old story in a different town Kings and paupers, truth and lies Written in the people's eyes I'm just the watcher on the road Singin' 'bout a heavy load. And out across the burning plains The summer sun beats down like chains The asphalt melts, the rivers shrink Gives a weary soul a cause to think If all this noise and all this fight

Can ever make the darkness light. And the wheel keeps on a-turnin' 'round Same old story in a different town Kings and paupers, truth and lies Written in the people's eyes I'm just the watcher on the road Singin' 'bout a heavy load.